Delhi skipper Rishabh Pant has been fined Rs 12 lakh for slow over rate during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match against Chennai on Sunday, March 31 at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. Pant became the second skipper after Gujarat’s Shubman Gill to be fined for slow over rate.
Interestingly, Gill was also fined during a match against CSK at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. As far as Pant is concerned, he needs to be careful as 2 more offences will lead to his suspension from one match. Since it was Pant’s first offence, his DC teammates weren’t fined.
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“Rishabh Pant, the Delhi Capitals captain, has been fined after his team maintained a slow over rate during their TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match against Chennai Super Kings at the Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam on March 31,” an IPL press release read.
“As it was his team’s first offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over rate offences, Pant was fined Rs 12 lakhs,” the release added.
In case of a second offence, the captain of a team is fined Rs 24 lakh while the other members, including the Impact Sub, are fined either Rs 6 lakhs or 25 percent of their match fees, whichever is lesser.
In case of a third offence, the captain of the bowling team is handed a fine of INR 30 lakh and a one match ban. The other players in the team are fined 50 percent of their match fees or Rs 12 lakh each, whichever is lesser.
Rishabh Pant plays a blinder
Pant had a decent outing with the bat as he helped DC cease their 2-match losing streak after beating Chennai by 20 runs. After losing to Rajasthan and Punjab, Pant eventually tasted success as captain.
The southpaw was on top of his game as he scored 51 runs off 32 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes. On the back of his knock, Delhi scored 191 for 5 in 20 overs. Thereafter, the home team restricted their opponent to 171 for 6.
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